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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR 'OUR LADY OF THE ROCKS' (BY LEONARDO DA VINCI), by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mother, is this the darkness of the end Last Line: Amid the bitterness of things occult. Alternate Author Name(s): Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dante Subject(s): Art & Artists; Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519); Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Paintings & Painters; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary | |||
MOTHER, is this the darkness of the end, The Shadow of Death? and is that outer sea Infinite imminent Eternity? And does the death-pang by man's seed sustain'd In Time's each instant cause thy face to bend Its silent prayer upon the Son, while he Blesses the dead with his hand silently To his long day which hours no more offend? Mother of grace, the pass is difficult, Keen as these rocks, and the bewildered souls Throng it like echoes, blindly shuddering through. Thy name, O Lord, each spirit's voice extols, Whose peace abides in the dark avenue Amid the bitterness of things occult. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MADONNA by KATHARINE LEE BATES BALLADE TO OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA by HILAIRE BELLOC OUR LORD AND OUR LADY by HILAIRE BELLOC PLASTIC BEATITUDE by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SONG OF MARY by LUCILLE CLIFTON ISLAND MARY by LUCILLE CLIFTON MARY'S DREAM by LUCILLE CLIFTON FOUND' (FOR A PICTURE) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |
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